Saturday, 24 October 2009

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the story of internationally ignored song stylist Hedwig Schmidt, victim of a botched sex change operation. Hedwig smashes the fourth wall as she tells of her journey from East Berlin to a trailer park in middle-America while pursuing her dreams, love and nemesis.

To be honest, had I not read the description on the Theatre Centre's website, I would have had no idea what was going on.

Why? Because when Hedwig sang (which was a lot), I had no idea what she was saying. There was a back-up band and the drummer, though good, was very loud and drowned her out. And she spoke with a thick German accent at times.